On the other side of that coin was Naruto's really high CP. If he could learn some jutsu, he could throw them out all day long in a fight. The key here though was learning some jutsu. Something that seemed impossible given he couldn't get into the library still and even if he could it wouldn't mean he could learn anything as he was pretty sure the library would frown upon the destruction of their books. Can you say more bad reputation? Still, Naruto loved ninjutsu and wanted to learn some even more. In the end he chose to keep his options open for when he got assigned to a team, hence sitting on his stat points until he was ready to assign them.
"Okay, Naruto, you can do this. Even without bunshin you should still be able to graduate based on your other skills and grades," he attempted to psych himself up.
It didn't take long before Naruto was seated in the academy, excited to start the testing.
Quest Alert
You can do it: Pass the Graduation Exam
Completion Award: 5000 Exp
Konoha Forehead Protector
Completion Failure: 500 Exp
Naruto accepted the quest but was slightly confused by it. The failure was 500 Exp but there was no other penalty. Naruto would have thought 'Expulsion from the Shinobi Program' or something along those lines would have been there. It made him wonder if he'd get another chance just because of his gamer ability.
Regardless, Naruto had work to do. First up was the written test. It covered everything that Iruka had covered in the past year. There were questions on chakra theory, stealth, traps, bukijutsu, and tactics. Naruto was confident he aced the tactics, stealth and traps, probably did okay on the others but definitely not perfect.
After the written test they were taken out to the academy training field where they had to meet standards of conditioning. First they were each given three runs on the obstacle course where only their best time would be counted. Then they ran laps, lots of laps. They did push-ups and sit-ups, lots of them too. Once Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei were satisfied they went to the target range where they were tested for both accuracy and area of effect, both of which Naruto aced. In fact Naruto aced all of the conditioning tests too, he wasn't the best but he was pretty damned good and that was enough for him.
They were then taken to a sparing ring where they faced off against several of the academy instructors in a taijutsu only fight. Naruto thanked Kami repeatedly when he got to face off with Iruka-sensei, he was able to get a fair fight. Naturally Iruka held back quite a bit but Naruto still felt like he'd done quite well in his fight where he was sure if it had been any other teacher, they wouldn't have held back in the slightest.
It was a long and grueling day just as Naruto had remembered from his previous two attempts but Naruto came through this time feeling not only stronger, but significantly more confident than he had previously.
At long last it was time for the jutsu test, something he knew he'd get at least a 66% on which while not passing, when combined with all of his other test should be enough to get him through if only just.
Kawarimi, check, henge, check.
"Okay, Naruto, bunshin if you please?" requested Iruka.
Naruto formed the seals, he still remembered those regardless of the skill book, pushed in a little chakra and with a poof of smoke a dead, sickly looking double for the blonde formed.
"Fail," said Iruka. "Give us a minute to tabulate your results, please sit."
Naruto sat as ordered, he was quite literally on the edge of his seat as he awaited the results. It was quite nerve racking to sit there waiting, not know if he'd done enough.
Iruka finally stood after what felt like hours. "While you clearly failed the most heavily rated portion of today's testing, the bunshin, the rest of your testing managed to barely make up the different. I'm proud to tell you that you've passed with absolute minimum score, making you the dead last of this class. Congratulations on passing," he finished, holding out the forehead protector for Naruto to collect.
Naruto nearly shot across the room to accept the proof that he was now a genin shinobi.
You passed the test.
Completion Award: 5000 Exp, Konoha Forehead Protector
Bonus Title: Genin
Naruto barely read the message, he was too busy jumping for joy then fiercely hugging Iruka and back to jumping for joy.
"Go on, Naruto," said Iruka. "Go join the rest of the graduates, you've earned it.
Congratulations! Your level has increased by 1.
Naruto's grinned seemed to widen even further if that was possible. It sadly didn't last long. Once he got outside with the other graduates, he could see all of his classmates with their families, celebrating, congratulating them. Naruto's grin faded into a small frown as he felt out of place.
"Congratulations, Naruto," said a voice from behind him.
Naruto turned to see Mizuki-sensei. "Thanks, sensei."
"So, dead last, huh?"
Naruto almost growled at the man. "It's that stupid bunshin. I totally kicked ass otherwise."
"You sure did. I was impressed with some of your tests. Say, you wouldn't be interested in an extra credit stealth test would you? Maybe get yourself out of the basement? It would give you a better chance of landing a good team too."
"Really?" asked Naruto, he was honestly surprised by the offer. "Sure, what do I have to do?"
"Come for a walk with me and I'll explain everything," said Mizuki, motioning for Naruto to follow him.
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